Shade and curtain fixture.



. PATENTED JANLZ-S, 1908. B. B. PALMER. SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR.16.1907.

I EDWARD ELPALMER, or woos'rnn, OHIO.

SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28,1908.

Application filed March 16. 1 907. Serial No. 362-669.

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; --Be itknown that I, EDWARD E. PALMER, a :citizen'of'the United States, residing at Wooster, inthe county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain. Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in in connection with windows and similar places where it is desired to attach and suspend Window shades and curtains or draperies.

The invention relates more particularly to that class of shade and curtainfixtures in which'the'curtain-pole bracket is secured to the shade-roll Brae et; and in my invention the shade-roll bracket is adjustably-attached to the side of the window frame byan imroved fastening-device requiring the use of ut one'sere'w. l .Tbe-primary object of the invention isto produce a generally-improved device of this .class' which will ,be exceedingly simple in construction, chea of manufaature, eflicient in use, and much: etter adapted to its intended purposesthan any lother device of the same class with which I' am' acquainted.

Another object of the invention is to provide a. enerally-imp'roved attaching device adjustal aly supporting both the shade-roll and curtain-pole bracket and which may heeasilyattached to or removed from the sides of any ordinary window-frame. A single scr'ewis-required for each attachingdevice "and this screw also performs the additional function of clamping the shade-roll bracket in any position to which it may be moved horizontally to conform to shade-rolls and curtain-poles of varying lengths.

With these and other ends in view, the inventlon consists inthe novel constructlon, arrangem'ent and combination of parts, hereinafter-described, illustrated in the accompa- .nying drawings, and particularly pointed out 1n the appended claims.

Referring. to the drawings, forming a part of this s ecification, Figure 1, is a top-plan view ,of t e improved shade and curtain fixture attached to the sides of an ordmary window-frame and supporting an ordinary shade-roll and wooden curtain-pole. a perspective view of the shade-roll bra i3ket Fig. 2-, I

curtain-pole bracket supporting an ordinary brass tubular telescoping curtain-pole or Similar characters of reference designate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

The shade-roll bracket of the improved fixture is made up of a single blank ofsheet metal, as shown in Fig. 5, and is bent to form a main supporting-plate 1, and an outwardly-extending L-shaped shank portion 2, terminating in a bracket-head 3, provided with the usual openings 4, for taking over the end pins of the shade-roll 5. The shank portion 2, is provided with laterally-extending T-shaped wings 6, as shown mos-t'clearly in Fig. 5, which wings are bent at right angles to the main body portion of the shank 2, and at the rear of the off-set portion 2*, thereof, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, forming guide-sockets or recesses 7, at the upper and lower edges of the shank for the reception of vertically-arranged uide-shanks or pins of the curtain-pole brac rets to be hereinafter described.

The main supporting-plate 1, is provided with. a longitudinally-extending guide-slot 8-, and at the outer end of this slot and at the rear of the shank portion 2, an opening 9, and guide-recesses 10, are formed to receive and take over the head 11, of the attaching and clamping-screw 12 and upper and lower edges 13, of the attaching-plate or block 14. The upper and lower edges 13, extend along .the front of the sup orting-plate, and the guide-recesses 15, at t 1e rear of the attachingplate (see Fig. 4,) form ways for the reception of the edges of the supporting-plate along the guide-slot 8.

The tang-heads 16, are adapted to impinge against the faces of the window-frame when the attaching-tangs 17, have been driven home by tapping upon the plate or block 14.

. The fixture is preferably attached by. in-

serting the attaching device in the guideslot 8, through the opening 9, and recesses 10, and then driving the hangs-17, of the plate 14, into the window-frame; then ad- 'just theshade-roll bracket longitudinally to the position desired; and then, finally, drive the single attaching and clamping-screw 12, into the Window-frame through the screwo "enin 18, until the impinging screw-head 11, has firmly clamped the supporting-plate 1,'in position bythe drawing, down or clampingrmovement of the plate 14.

, he curtain-pole bracket comprises an -upward1yextending shank portion 19, and

outwardly-extending hook or bra'cketportion 20, having a recess 21, to form a seat for the reception of an ordinary wooden curtain-'.

pole as-shown in-Fig. 1. The upper end of the hook portion 20,- terminates in an u .wardly extending shank portion 22.,;for ta ing through transverse. openings of an ordinary brass .tubulartelescoping curtain-rod or pole- 23, as shown in Fig. 3, when it is de-- sired to'use a curtain-pole of this style.

The base of the cur'tain pole'bracket terminates, in the .pre'sentinstance, in a pair of guideshanks. or ins '24, adapted to be seated within upper and lowerfedges of the shank 2, s

of the ade-roll bracket.

. Fromthe foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingfdraw ings,.the"operation and advantages of. my invention will'bereadily understood.

'- I .have entered into a, somewhat detailed description ,of the present and preferred 'embodimentlof my invention in order to imart a"de fin'ite understanding of the same. 'do'not desire, however, to be understood as restricting myself to the exact construction shown and described, as various changes 1 ormodifications may 'be'made .in'the form,

- size, and 'minor details of construction without departing from tne principles or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. W'hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is I 1. Ashade and curtain fixture, comprising a main supporting-plate provided with a longitudinal slot, an outwardly-extending L- shaped shank formed integral therewith and terminating irra bracket-head, an attaching plate provided with headed tangs and ways or recesses taking ver the edges of said slct,

laterally-extending guide-wings formed 'tegral with said shank, and a curtain-pole bracket mounted insaid guide-wings.

'2. In a shade-fixture, the combination with a shade-roll bracket provided with a supporting-plate having a longitudinal slot therein; of an attaching-plate provided with ways taking-over the edges or said supporting-plate along said slot and tangs terminating in heads at the 'rear ofsaid Ya/3 325;,

a shade-fixture, the combination e-sockets or recesses 7,- formed bythe laterally-extending wings 6, at the 'Ways,' andan attaching and clamping-screw mounted. in an opening in said attaching plate and extending through said slot. 1

4. In a shade and curtain fixture, the com-T bination with. a shade-roll bracket having an L-shaped shank provided with inwardly ex- ,tending guide-wings at its upper and-lower edges; of a curtain-pole bracket having guide ,shanks at its lower end mounted in. said guide WingS. a I 5. In a shade and curtain fixture, the combination with a shade-roll bracket having ashank provided with laterally-extending T- shaped'W-ings forming guide-recesses at its PP guide-recesses.

6. A shade and curtain fixture ,.comprising a main supporting-plate provided with a longitudinal slot, an outwardly-extending L- shaped shank formed integral therewith and terminating in a brackethead, an attachingplate provided with tangs and ways or recesses taking over the edges of said support '65 minating in heads at the rear of said recess- I er and lower edges; of a curtain-pole bracket having its lower end mounted in said ing-plate along said slot, a clamping-screw mounted in said attaching-plate'and passing through said slot, 'laterally-extendln T sha ed wings formed integral with said-s ank forming guide-sockets adjacent thereto,

and a curtaln-pole bracket terminating at its lower end in guide shanks mounted in said guide-sockets.

/ 7. A shade and curtain fixture, comprising a' main supporting-plate provided ,with a longitudinal slot, an; outwardly-extending L- shaped shank terminating in a bracket-head,

an attaching-plate provided with recess-ways for the edges of said supporting-plate along said slot and tangs terminating m'heads at the rear'of said recess-ways, laterally'extending socket guide-rings formed integral with. said shank, and a curtain-pole bracket mounted in said'socket guide-wings.

In testimony whereof I have signed my. name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

. EDWARD E. PALMER; 'W'itnesses:

O. D. SMITH, WM. H. LANDAW. 

